The Apeslayer Affair: Killraven as a Hero on the Planet of the Apes
Back in the mid-1970s, the Planet of the Apes movies and TV show were a big deal with kids in the UK with both a…
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Dystopian Blues? More Doomsday Scenario TV Show Announcements
From Cynopsis Today (06/03/20): PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin is teaming with Neil Druckmann to adapt Sony Playstation videogame franchise The Last Of…
Wild Ride: Jack Nicholson & Marlon Brando in The Missouri Breaks
In theory, Arthur Penn’s The Missouri Breaks should have been one of the biggest box office draws of 1976. Two mega-stars…
Quatermass Conclusion (1979): About Those Ancient Stone Circles
Professor Bernard Quatermass was the creation of the very talented screenwriter Nigel Kneale (The Stone Tape/Year of the Sex Olympics/Beasts). A kind of proto…
Looking For A Way Out? Six Comedies About Suicide
Back in 1980, soul band Odyssey memorably sang ‘If You’re Looking for Way Out‘: If You're Looking For A Way Out - Odyssey 1080pWatch this…
Daddy Issues: Batwoman’s Lackluster Debut in the UK on E4
The CW’s latest entry into the Arrowverse, Batwoman, has now been acquired by E4 to air in the UK and the launch…
Wolfman Jack: a Retrospective of Mike Nichols’ WOLF (1994)
Mike Nichols (The Graduate/Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) was an unlikely candidate to direct a werewolf movie, but his 1994 picture Wolf was by…
Extreme Romance Tales in the Time of COVID-19
Here are ten movies with love stories that avoid all the typical romantic cliches. Love in extremis and other situations in the movies, detailed in ten chapters: …
New Morbius Trailer Drops, But the Character Has Been on Film Before
Morbius Trailer Announcement - Marvel Spider Man Venom 2 Easter Eggs BreakdownWatch this video on YouTube Sony’s Morbius starring Jared Leto is still…
March Madness 3: Far-Out, Mind-Blowing Party Scenes of the 60s
As a further distraction from current events, take a metaphorical dose, smoke an imaginary reefer and join me on a journey into the Swinging 60s’…